William
Alexander Foster
(Billy)
Turner
Born in Buck Creek, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James Turner Sr.
and Margaret (Headen) Turner
Brother of
Edward Turner, Samuel Marshall Turner, Mary (Turner) Hines, Jane Turner, Anne (Turner) Foster, Middleton Turner, Elizabeth Turner and James Turner Jr.
Husband of
Nancy (Cantrell) Turner
— married
1799 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Lucretia (Turner) Taylor, David Turner, James Foster Turner, Linda (Turner) Taylor, Drucilla (Turner) Taylor, Chesley Turner and Elizabeth Turner
Died
at about age 66
in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2012
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Biography
William Alexander Foster was born about 1790. William Alexander Foster Turner ... He passed away in 1856.
wife: Nancy Cantrell 1791–1890
Marriage: about 1810, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
He wrote his will on 15 Jan 1856 and named all of his children except the two oldest daughters, which proceeded him in death.
Children:
- Lucretia Turner 1811–1839, married Taylor
- Eliza Turner b.1815, married Cantrell
- Linda Turner 1817–1842, married Taylor
- James Foster Turner 1817–1863
- Cinderilla Turner b. 1822
- William J. Turner b. 1826
- Elizabeth Turner 1831–1917, married Parris
- Calvin Turner b. 1832
- Greenberry Hicks Turner 1835–1902
- Marion Turner b. 1835
- Harriett Turner, married Griffen
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8Q2-R6Q : 12 April 2016), William Turner, Spartanburg county, part of, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1045, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Last Will and Testament (see attached)
- Name: William Turner
- Probate Date: 15 Jan 1856
- Probate Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
- Inferred Death Year: Abt 1856
- Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
- Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-3, Books A-D, 1787-1858
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGF-Z7JR : 13 December 2015), William Alexander Foster Turner, ; Burial, Mayo Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America, Turner-Hines Family Cemetery; citing record ID 115159511, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Jeremy Thorne :
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~0.39%
Tyler Denton :
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Christina (Gray) Mckeithan
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Christina (Gray) Mckeithan
Turner-18562 and Turner-4033 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
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by Christina (Gray) Mckeithan
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Turner-18562 and Turner-4033 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates and same child
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by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rejected matches › William Turner (1791-) › William Cluny Turner (1792-abt.1835) › William Turner (abt.1790-)
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